Inside the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines: A Conversation with Michael Kades

In this episode of Antitrust Matters, James Kovacs and Jean Kim are joined by Professor Thomas Greaney from UC Law San Francisco to discuss the impact of the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines on healthcare mergers with a focus on cross-market and vertical acquisitions.

 In this episode, Jeff Shinder and Wyatt Fore are joined by Michael Kades, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.  The three discuss the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines, and whether they mark a shift in merger enforcement policy moving forward.

In this episode of Antitrust Matters, Matt Cantor, Ankur Kapoor, and David Golden analyze and react to the April 24, 2023, decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal in the Epic Games v. Apple case.  This episode is a follow-up podcast to Episode 9, Epic v. Apple Ninth Cir. Appeal: Reactions to and Analysis of the Oral Argument.

In this episode of Antitrust Matters, Constantine Cannon partner, Matthew L. Cantor, discusses economic and antitrust issues raised by the conduct of certain large hospital systems.  Joining him on the podcast as guests are Duke University Professor of Law, Barak Richman, and CEO of the policy group known as the Catalyst for Payment Reform, Suzanne Delbanco. 

In this episode, our guests, Robin Noble and Helen Ralston-Smith, expert economists with Oxera Consulting discuss with Jeff Shinder and Stephen Critchley the UK's post-Brexit divergence from EU competition law generally but taking a particularly deep dive into the UK's and EU's new vertical agreements rules which both came into force earlier this year.

In this episode, Jeffrey Shinder and Wyatt Fore are joined by Amanda Hamilton, Senior Correspondent at the Capitol Forum, to discuss emerging issues on private equity and antitrust.  The three consider the extent to which enforcers have signaled a shift in approach by reviving dormant legal theories, including the prohibition of interlocking directorates.

In this episode of Antitrust Matters, Matt Cantor, Ankur Kapoor, and David Golden analyze and react to the recent oral argument before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal in the Epic Games v. Apple case.  Both Epic and Apple appealed the district court's bench trial decision, which ruled against Epic on its antitrust claims but nevertheless issued an injunction against Apple's iOS antisteering rules under California's Unfair Competition Law. 

In this episode, we are joined by Doug Kantor, General Counsel of the National Association of Convenience Stores and Ed Mierzwinski, Senior Director of the Federal Consumer Program, at PIRG to discuss competition issues in the payment card space and how they affect consumers.

In this episode of Antitrust Matters, Jeffrey Shinder and Taline Sahakian discuss current antitrust policy debates and enforcement trends with Diana L. Moss, President of the American Antitrust Institute.

In this episode, our guest is Professor Ellen Staurowsky, an internationally recognized expert on social justice issues in sports, including college athletes' rights, the exploitation of college athletes, gender disparities in college athletics, and potential solutions to redress the exploitation of college athletes. Jeff Shinder and David Scupp talk to Professor Staurowsky about the impact antitrust law has had on the NCAA's rules that restrict compensation to college athletes.